Stephanie Banchero

Chicago Public Schools officials announced Friday that they will close one North Side elementary school and turn over a South Side grade school to a private management company that plans...

More than 13 percent of the math and reading tests taken by Illinois students last year were not counted under the No Child Left Behind law, more than three times...

A group of community activists called Tuesday for Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago school officials to "stop the assault" on local school councils and, instead, offer the elected bodies training...

In what might be described in chess terminology as a countermove, Chicago Public Schools officials announced Monday that they will stage a second elementary school chess championship after the first...

In chess terminology, the drama swirling around the Chicago Public Schools chess programs could be called a pawn storm. A group of coaches and elementary pupils, let's call them the...

One might wonder how tying a rubber band around Barbie's feet and tossing her off a high school auditorium balcony could pass as a math lesson. But Danna Dotson's students...

A record number of Illinois schools escaped federal No Child Left Behind sanctions this school year, largely because of changes in how schools are judged and alterations that made state...

Illinois elementary school pupils passed the newly revamped state achievement exams at record rates last year, but critics suggest it was more the result of changes to the tests than...

Illinois elementary school pupils passed the newly revamped state achievement exams at record rates last year, but critics suggest it was more the result of changes to the tests than...